diff --git a/c/mlrvers.h b/c/mlrvers.h
index fefbfa6ee1..5d513f2f76 100644
--- a/c/mlrvers.h
+++ b/c/mlrvers.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef MLRVERS_H
 #define MLRVERS_H
 // Manually increment on updates to https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases
-#define MLR_VERSION "v4.3.0-dev"
+#define MLR_VERSION "v4.4.0"
 #endif // MLRVERS_H
diff --git a/c/todo.txt b/c/todo.txt
index 7c4a4f35f7..70222a3abc 100644
--- a/c/todo.txt
+++ b/c/todo.txt
@@ -22,13 +22,8 @@ TOP OF LIST:
 
 * -f/-r field-name-spec opportunities throughout
 
-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-PRE-RELEASE 4.4.0:
-
-* ignore subproc abend (e.g. grep nonesuch) + UT cases
-
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
-FOR 4.4.0:
+4.4.0:
 
 * tee and put print/dump/tee/emit >/>>/|; latter mention gzip et al.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6c73ec8223..bfe92c2589 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 # Manually increment on updates to https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases
-AC_INIT([mlr],[4.3.0-dev])
+AC_INIT([mlr],[4.4.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([c/mlrmain.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autotools])
diff --git a/doc/manpage.html b/doc/manpage.html
index fa94c8ed91..4c286e1eb0 100644
--- a/doc/manpage.html
+++ b/doc/manpage.html
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
        insertion-ordered hash map.  This encompasses a variety of data
        formats, including but not limited to the familiar CSV, TSV, and JSON.
        (Miller can handle positionally-indexed data as a special case.) This
-       manpage documents Miller v4.3.0-dev.
+       manpage documents Miller v4.4.0.
 
 EXAMPLES
    COMMAND-LINE SYNTAX
diff --git a/doc/manpage.txt b/doc/manpage.txt
index 13e6918f9d..ce2e4458c3 100644
--- a/doc/manpage.txt
+++ b/doc/manpage.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
        insertion-ordered hash map.  This encompasses a variety of data
        formats, including but not limited to the familiar CSV, TSV, and JSON.
        (Miller can handle positionally-indexed data as a special case.) This
-       manpage documents Miller v4.3.0-dev.
+       manpage documents Miller v4.4.0.
 
 EXAMPLES
    COMMAND-LINE SYNTAX
diff --git a/doc/mlr.1 b/doc/mlr.1
index 533daca524..bb83d4e5bc 100644
--- a/doc/mlr.1
+++ b/doc/mlr.1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ on integer-indexed fields: if the natural data structure for the latter is the
 array, then Miller's natural data structure is the insertion-ordered hash map.
 This encompasses a variety of data formats, including but not limited to the
 familiar CSV, TSV, and JSON.  (Miller can handle positionally-indexed data as
-a special case.) This manpage documents Miller v4.3.0-dev.
+a special case.) This manpage documents Miller v4.4.0.
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .sp
 
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index f6e040de73..69a8496ae6 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
   mlr stats1 -a min,mean,max -f flag,u,v -g color then sort -f color
 
 For more information please see http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc and/or
-http://github.com/johnkerl/miller. This is Miller version v4.3.0-dev.
+http://github.com/johnkerl/miller. This is Miller version v4.4.0.
 </pre>
 </div>
 <p/>
diff --git a/mlr.spec b/mlr.spec
index d5e8f2c608..818340daf1 100644
--- a/mlr.spec
+++ b/mlr.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Name-indexed data processing tool
 Name: mlr
-Version: 4.3.0
+Version: 4.4.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: BSD2
 Group: Applications/Text